| 单词 | allegory |
| 释义 | allegory (ælɪgəri , US -gɔːri ) Word forms: allegories 1. countable noun An allegory is a story, poem, or painting in which the characters and events are symbols of something else. Allegories are often moral, religious, or political. The book is a kind of allegory of Latin American history. [+ of] Synonyms: symbol, story, tale, myth 2. uncountable noun Allegory is the use of characters and events in a story, poem, or painting to represent other things. The poem's comic allegory was transparent. Collocations: political allegory That has to do with the political allegory. Times, Sunday Times (2007) But the surrealism and political allegory into which this plucky show strays does not yet feel fully thought through. Times, Sunday Times (2007) There's a political allegory in there somewhere. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Two different systems, but it is not really a political allegory because it is sport, which requires competition. Times, Sunday Times (2014) |
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